Mr Foster joins Atrium with more than 15 years of financial markets experience including the last 9 years at Perpetual Limited where he was the Portfolio Manager for the diversified and smart beta strategies within the Multi Asset team.

Atrium CEO, Alex Hone, welcomed Mr Foster to Atrium. “I am delighted to welcome Glen to the Atrium team as a Senior Portfolio Manager within our multi asset team. Atrium’s focus has always been on attracting and investing in high calibre and skilled investment professionals in order to ensure the ongoing successful delivery of our portfolio objectives. Glen has considerable experience and a strong track record in managing real return portfolios. The appointment of Glen, given his multi asset and quantitative experience on a global basis, is highly complementary and will strengthen and extend the capability of the existing Atrium investment team.”

Mr Foster said “I am excited to be joining the high quality multi asset team at Atrium. I was particularly attracted to the investment philosophy and discipline around risk that I believe is key to delivering consistent outcomes for clients over the long term.”

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Nigel Crampton

Atrium Investment Management (Atrium) continues to build out its team with two new appointments to support its growing market penetration, following a strong track record in investment management outcomes for investors.

Nigel Crampton takes the role of Head of Distribution, responsible for the overall distribution strategy, new institutional business and steering Atrium’s advice industry relationships. Nigel will report to Alex Hone, Chief Executive Officer and will join Atrium’s executive leadership team.

Alex welcomed Nigel to the team: “As a result of strong interest from advisers and record FUM inflows driven by our investment objectives being met and exceeded, I am delighted to announce Nigel’s appointment. With Nigel’s extensive distribution and client management experience, Atrium will continue to grow and further support our clients in a true partnership approach. This senior appointment which is a newly created role adds further depth of experience and expertise into our leadership team.”

Crampton said, “I am delighted to be joining a growing and dynamic organisation like Atrium which has impeccable investment credentials and an outstanding leadership team”.

Nigel arrives at Atrium after four years with Morningstar as Head of Sales, responsible for Morningstar’s sales and client relationship management for Australasian product offerings.

Before joining Morningstar, Nigel was a Strategic Business Manager with Macquarie Group where he worked for 14 years.

To further support Atrium’s growth, Han Lin has been appointed as Client and Product Specialist. Han assumes responsibility for supporting adviser investment enquiries and for the management and production of product documents and client reporting.

Hone said, “Han brings welcome skills in handling external queries regarding our asset management technical capabilities.”

Han previously held the position of Senior Associate – Corporate Actions, Equities and Regulatory Reporting at Macquarie Group. Prior to her stint at Macquarie, Han worked for JP Morgan in Sydney and Goldman Sachs in London.

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Alex Hone

An investment approach that ignores market noise and avoids investment herds has helped Atrium Investment Management (Atrium) reach its first billion dollars in funds under management, while delivering solid investment gains coupled with minimal volatility.

Atrium Chief Executive Officer, Alex Hone said the $1 billion milestone was a pleasing first step in a long-term journey to consistently deliver on behalf of Atrium investors.

“One of the defining attributes behind Atrium is the flexibility of our active investment management approach and consistent application of asset diversification and stringent risk management principles to avoid being exposed to any single risk factor such as equity market risk,” Mr Hone said.

“We are pleased to see that the performance and volatility numbers give supporting credence to our approach.”

By way of proxy, AEF 71 over the past 3 years to October 31, 2015 has delivered 13.4% per annum investment returns to investors after fees and taxes. This is against a peer benchmark of 8.6% per annum representing an average diversified balanced fund competitor* and the S&P ASX 200 of 9.8% per annum.

Volatility of the AEF 71 portfolio since inception2 was managed well within prescribed targets, showing 4.8% per annum against the S&P ASX 200 of 13.2% per annum.

“We are delighted with the results on behalf of investors and look forward to the evolution of Atrium as we continue to strengthen our capability and focus on the end outcome for our investors.”

Atrium Chairman Chris Cuffe said Atrium’s strength is the ‘purity’ of its investment foundations.

“Atrium is a prime example of a new breed of ‘true’ active investors available to Australian financial advisers and clients,” he said.

Mr Cuffe said many investors remain concerned with a range of external factors potentially impacting their portfolios, considering the prevailing investment environment of historically low cash rates, volatile equity markets and poor yielding bonds.

“Atrium, with its well-diversified, specialist investment management capability is a welcome and intelligent alternative to the multitude of long-only Australian equity managers, or index funds,” Mr Cuffe said.

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Mr Cuffe leads a Board committed to accelerating the growth of Atrium, a Sydney-based asset management firm established in 2009.

Atrium’s specialist investment management approach has attracted almost $1 Billion in funds under management since inception.

Mr Cuffe said he was pleased to accept a leadership role with Atrium.

“I have a high regard for the Atrium team which has done an extraordinary job managing the risk and return side of the investment equation throughout market cycles.

“I am impressed by the Atrium investment process and the outcomes they have been able to achieve. It is exciting to help steer a dynamic and capable business on its path of investment excellence”.

Atrium Chief Executive Officer, Alex Hone, said the firm was delighted to welcome Chris Cuffe to the Board.

“There are few people in our sector as well-regarded as Chris. His guidance and leadership of the Atrium Board will no doubt translate into strong practical advice as Atrium takes further steps towards broadening its unique offer to more Australian investors and their advisers.”

“This is an exciting time for Atrium. We are delighted to welcome Chris to the Board and look forward to his stewardship,” Mr Hone said.

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